Temporal Variations in Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections by Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas.
Joshua L KennedyJ Craig ForrestSean G YoungBenjamin AmickMark WilliamsLaura JamesJessica N SnowdenVictor M CardenasDanielle BootheCatherine KirkpatrickZeel ModiKatherine CaidShana OwensMarianne KouassiRyan MannClaire PuttKatherine Irish-ClardyMichael MacechkoRonald K BrimberryWendy N NembhardPearl A McElfishRuofei DuJing JinNamvar ZohooriAtul KothariHoda HagrassEricka OlgaardKarl W BoehmePublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
Our data imply that the number of Arkansas residents infected with SARS-CoV-2 rose steadily from 2.6% in August to 7.4% in December 2020. There was no statistical difference in seroprevalence between rural and urban locales. Hispanics and Blacks had higher rates of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies than Whites, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 spread disproportionately in racial and ethnic minorities during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.